The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally submitted a petition challenging the process leading to the outcome of the Presidential Election held on February 28, 2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election after which it declared him President-Elect. The Chief Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign of the Labour Party, Dr. Yunusa Tanko announced the submission of the petition in a tweet, in the early hours of Tuesday.
March 21, 2023The former Anambra State governor had vowed to challenge both the process and outcome of the poll in court.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election after which it declared him President-Elect. He wrote, “It is official the Labor Party Presidential candidate Peter OBI has filed his petition to the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja. The process of reclaiming the people’s mandate has started.”
Obi, who came third behind the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, who came second with the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, being declared the winner and president-elect, had criticised the process of the election and questioned its credibility.
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